Phenomenology of obsessive compulsive disorder in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy or tourette syndrome

Marco Mula; Andrea E Cavanna; Hugo Critchley; Mary M Robertson; Francesco Monaco

doi:10.1176/jnp.2008.20.2.223

Phenomenology of obsessive compulsive disorder in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy or tourette syndrome

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2008 Spring;20(2):223-6. doi: 10.1176/jnp.2008.20.2.223.

Authors

Marco Mula¹, Andrea E Cavanna, Hugo Critchley, Mary M Robertson, Francesco Monaco

Affiliation

¹ The Neuropsychiatry Research Group, Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Section of Neurology, Amedeo Avogadro University, C.so Mazzini, 18, Novara 28100, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 18451194
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2008.20.2.223

Abstract

Phenomenology of comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder was compared in nine patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and 15 with Tourette syndrome. Content of obsessive-compulsive themes focuses on sexuality and impulsiveness in Tourette syndrome and existential thoughts in temporal lobe epilepsy.

MeSH terms

Adult
Case-Control Studies
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / complications*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / complications*
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Tourette Syndrome / complications*